Association between skilled maternal healthcare and postpartum contraceptive use in Ethiopia

Table 2 Reproductive health related characteristics in the 2011 and 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys (EDHS), among married/in sexual union women of reproductive age

Variables	EDHS 2011 (N = 2545)		EDHS 2016 (N = 2386)
Variables	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Number of living children
No child	24	0.9	15	0.6
1-2 child	942	37.0	939	39.4
3-4 child	746	29.3	653	27.4
5+	834	32.8	780	32.7
Birth order
First	393	15.4	480	20.1
2-3 birth	848	33.3	749	31.4
4-5 birth	565	22.2	510	21.4
6+	739	29.0	647	27.1
Family size concordance
Both want same	982	38.6	998	41.8
Husband wants more	662	26.0	580	24.3
Husbands wants fewer	187	7.4	147	6.1
Do not know/Missing	714	28.1	662	27.7
Fertility preference
wants soon	151	5.9	187	7.8
wants later	1387	54.5	1298	54.4
wants no more	892	35.1	760	31.9
Undecided	115	4.5	142	5.9
Women’s decision-making^b
Yes	1272	50.0	1623	68.0
No	1273	50.0	764	32.0
Knowledge of modern contraceptive
Yes	2463	96.8	2351	98.5
No	82	3.2	35	1.5
Visited by FP worker in the last 12 months
Yes	416	16.3	778	32.6
No	2129	83.7	1608	67.4
Exposure to family planning media^a
Yes	689	27.1	592	24.8
No	1856	72.9	1794	75.2

^aExposure to family planning media was determined by whether a woman reported she has heard/read about family planning from radio/television/newspaper/ mobile SMS. ^bWomen’s decision-making was defined by whether a woman reported that she herself has made decisions (or made a joint decision with her partner) about her own health care, large household purchase, or visiting families/relatives

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